The basics of gravitational wave theory

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Flanagan, Éanna É ^a   Hughes, Scott A ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL SPACETIME; GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION; MATTER DYNAMICS; REVOLUTION;

ASTROPHYSICS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; RADIATION; RELATIVITY; SPACE RESEARCH;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EID: 25444468005     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: 13672630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/204     Document Type: Article

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